Robert Hofler
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‘Fire and Air’ Theater Review: Terrence McNally Attempts a Master Class in Ballet
Nijinsky and Diaghilev meet again, but produce more hot air than anything resembling real dramatic fire
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‘Cardinal’ Theater Review: Anna Chlumsky Struggles to Paint the Town Red
Greg Pierce’s new play leaves Chlumsky comically stranded, and she compensates by being flustered. Who wouldn’t be?
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‘Miles for Mary’ Theater Review: The Terror of Being Trapped in High School Forever
Six teachers aren’t so much politically correct as they are socially correct. Pity their students
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‘Ballyturk’ Theater Review: Godot Shows Up, at Last!
Enda Walsh reinvents Samuel Beckett. But the play’s best moments come from his direction, not his writing
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11 Best Theater Productions of 2017, From Oscar Isaac to ‘A Doll’s House Part 2’ (Photos)
TheWrap Best & Worst 2017: Several young playwrights, from Annie Baker to Steven Levenson, help to revitalize the stage
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10 Worst Theater Productions of 2017: From Michael Moore to ‘Amelie’ (Photos)
TheWrap Best & Worst 2017: Plus, David Mamet and John Patrick Shanley continue to plummet
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‘Farinelli and the King’ Broadway Review: Handel Upstages Mark Rylance
The actor puts his full arsenal of mannerisms on display to prevent countertenor Iestyn Davies from stealing the show
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‘The Children’ Broadway Review: How to Cope After a Nuclear Meltdown
Lucy Kirkwood has written a Big Issue play that recalls Martin McDonagh and Rod Serling, but goes to a much scarier place
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‘Describe the Night’ Theater Review: Delivering the Putin Backstory in a Grand Fashion
A play about totalitarianism and thought control could be painfully dreary in a Soviet sort of way. Rajiv Joseph’s flair for grand soap opera makes his three-hour play anything but
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‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Broadway Review: Bouncy Tunes Keep Soggy Book Afloat
New show takes a less literal approach to its animated source material than “Shrek” or other recent family musicals
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‘Once on This Island’ Broadway Review: A Middling Musical Revival About a Long-Suffering Woman
What this put-upon heroine really needs is a someone named Gloria Allred
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‘Downtown Race Riot’ Theater Review: Chloe Sevigny Mixes Heroin and Mother Love
Sevigny’s portrayal of an often outrageous mother slaps an otherwise flaccid drama into shape
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‘The Parisian Woman’ Broadway Review: Uma Thurman Stirs Up Political Trouble in D.C.
“House of Cards” creator Beau Willimon updates his 2013 play to the era of Trump. And once again, Trump overshadows everything else
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‘Harry Clarke’ Theater Review: Billy Crudup Visits a Patricia Highsmith Landscape
With his very erotic new thriller, David Cale adds sex where the author of “The Talented Mr. Ripley” put murder
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‘School Girls’ Theater Review: How Tina Fey Inspired a Play Set in Ghana
Jocelyn Bioh’s new comedy shows how students on the other side of the world garble and digest American pop culture.
